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The nostalgia factor is strong with Street Fighter II. I grew up plunking quarters into the arcade version at 7-11, and the Ryu vs Ken rivalry between me and my brother is legendary. I often wondered how cool it would be to play Capcom's classic brawler as a virtual reality game, but I never considered augmented reality. Talented developer Abhishek Singh clearly has, so he rebuilt Street Fighter II from scratch and turned it into an AR game.

"As a 90's kid I loved playing Street Fighter II with my sister, so I rebuilt the arcade classic as a multiplayer AR game to actually take it into the streets," Singh explained via Reddit.

Officially titled Street Fighter II: Real World Warrior (clever, but how will Capcom's lawyers feel about it?) the mobile game lets you throw down with a friend or foe pretty much anywhere a flat real-world surface exists. You can even reenact the game's bonus level by cruising to a parking lot and laying down your best Tatsumaki Senpukyaku on an unsuspecting vehicles.

Singh built the game from the ground up in Unity, using original 3D models to allow a player's character to walk around the physical environment instead of merely back and forth. And most likely to avoid the wrath of Capcom. It remains to be seen what they think of the name itself, but given Singh's experience, perhaps he can pitch this directly to the publisher.

For my taste, the gameplay itself looks a bit slow but there's no indication that this is final code. What Singh really nailed is the lighting and the character placement. Based on the gameplay video the iconic world warriors seem firmly planted on the ground as opposed to somewhat floating in their environment.

Perhaps this never sees the light of a day as a Street Fighter AR game or even a clone, but whatever it ends up being I'd definitely play it.

Since 2005 I've been entrenched in the video game and consumer tech industries, and fascinated with the rapid evolution of the technology surrounding them. In addition to Forbes, I've contributed to gaming and technology features on PCWorld and Computer Shopper, and spent 16...